HyperDic: stations

English > 1 sense of the word *Stations*:
NOUN	act	Stations, Stations of the Cross	(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary

Stations > pronunciation
Sounds	stey'shahnz
Rhymes	Aleutians ... transactions: 47 rhymes with ahnz...

English > *Stations*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary.
Synonym	Stations of the Cross
Category	Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church	The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
Broader	devotion	(usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)
Broader	series	Similar things placed in order or happening one after another
Usage of	plural, plural form	The form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Spanish	estaciones de la cruz, estaciones, Viacrucis